---
type: "Bill"
title: "LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY CAM EXCEPTIONS"
description: "LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY CAM EXCEPTIONS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/nm"
legislature: "New Mexico Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 368"
citation: "New Mexico SB 368 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT (sheriffs", "police)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pope, Harold"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 8
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-07"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/572a9c7f-a07d-4f0b-890c-6b4302e494de"
source_url: "http://www.nmlegis.gov/Legislation/Legislation?chamber=S&legType=B&legNo=368&year=23"
source_hash: "7ed3ba56753f0e0399a1ccfff8a15dc6a21b76c1726847db84777e1d3eed8c71"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nm"]
---

# New Mexico SB 368 (2023) — LAW ENFORCEMENT BODY CAM EXCEPTIONS

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Final Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/final/SB0368.PDF)
2. **JU substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0368JUS.HTML)
3. **introduced version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/23%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0368.HTML)

## Sponsors

- Pope, Harold — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-07** Sent to Senate Health and Public Affairs Committee & Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** passed House `passage`
- **2023-03-16** DO PASS committee report adopted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** passed Senate `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Sent to House Judiciary Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-04** DO NOT PASS, replaced with committee substitute `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30** Signed `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/572a9c7f-a07d-4f0b-890c-6b4302e494de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Mexico legislature records).